The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, which attempted to organize the nearly 6,000 Bessemer workers, said Friday that it is formally filing unfair labor practice charges against Amazon, accusing the corporate giant of “lies […]
Amazon workers at a giant warehouse in Alabama voted decisively against forming a union on Friday, squashing the most significant labor drive in the internet giant’s history. Workers cast 1,798 votes against a union, giving Amazon […]
Federal labor officials are expected to begin counting the votes Thursday or Friday in a closely watched union election by Amazon.com Inc. workers in Bessemer, Alabama, who are seeking to become the first company employees […]
“In the 1930s and 40s, a big upswing in union organizing in the United States was marked by successful campaigns at high-profile companies like General Motors, Ford, US Steel and AT&T,” writes Eli Rosenberg in The Washington Post. […]
Writers for the ABC game show The Chase have ended their strike after the show’s producer ITV America has settled the dispute with the Writers Guild. Scribes on the quiz show, which features a team of contestants competing […]
“Fifty-three years ago, a racist White man killed the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis,” writes Peter Cole in The Washington Post. “King’s presence there was no coincidence. The city’s predominantly Black sanitation workers were on […]
In a new interview with Yahoo Finance, US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh suggested the results of a historic union vote at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama are imminent. He also objected in general terms to anti-union “intimidation” […]
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders challenged Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to explain reports of the retailing giant’s alleged aggressive anti-union tactics being used to prevent workers from organizing at US facilities. Bezos, who until his recent […]
“Millions of Americans,” write Nir Kaissar and Timothy O’Brien in Bloomberg Opinion, “work full time yet are still impoverished, their wages so low that they qualify for federal health care and food assistance programs even though many of them […]
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